
Deacs Head to Vertklasse Meeting for Third Outdoor Weekend
3/31/2022 4:42:00 PM | Track and Field
HIGH POINT, N.C. -- The Wake Forest track & field programs will travel down the road to the Vertklasse Meeting, April 1-2 at Dick Vert Stadium.
38 teams will make the trip to High Point for the competition.
LAST TIME OUT
The Wake Forest track & field teams concluded their action at the Raleigh Relays on Saturday, overall collecting a school record, six top-10 marks in school history, three podium finishes, and 12 personal bests.
RECORD PERFORMANCE
Senior Aaron Las Heras was recognized as the ACC Outdoor Track Performer of the Week with his record breaking 10,000m event and 1,500m event at the Raleigh Relays.
Las Heras currently has the collegiate lead in the 10,000m event after he laid down a winning time of 28:13.82 at the Raleigh Relays. He broke a 23-year-old Wake Forest school record that was held by Nolan Swanson (28:31.51) in 1999. Not including the school record, his time broke the meet record and facility record.
Las Heras placed sixth in the 1500m event with a 3:41.09 time, earning the No. 2 fastest time in school history and currently ranks fifth nationally.
This is his first ACC weekly honor of Las Heras' career.
Complete schedule of events and meet information for the weekend is below.
VERTKLASSE MEETING
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38 teams will make the trip to High Point for the competition.
LAST TIME OUT
The Wake Forest track & field teams concluded their action at the Raleigh Relays on Saturday, overall collecting a school record, six top-10 marks in school history, three podium finishes, and 12 personal bests.
RECORD PERFORMANCE
Senior Aaron Las Heras was recognized as the ACC Outdoor Track Performer of the Week with his record breaking 10,000m event and 1,500m event at the Raleigh Relays.
Las Heras currently has the collegiate lead in the 10,000m event after he laid down a winning time of 28:13.82 at the Raleigh Relays. He broke a 23-year-old Wake Forest school record that was held by Nolan Swanson (28:31.51) in 1999. Not including the school record, his time broke the meet record and facility record.
Las Heras placed sixth in the 1500m event with a 3:41.09 time, earning the No. 2 fastest time in school history and currently ranks fifth nationally.
This is his first ACC weekly honor of Las Heras' career.
Complete schedule of events and meet information for the weekend is below.
VERTKLASSE MEETING
- Meet Information
- Live Results (Flash Results)
- Venue: Dick Vert Stadium
- Broadcast: Links below.
- Women Field Events:
- Women's Pole Vault
- Women's Long Jump
- Women's Triple Jump
- Women's Shot Put
- Women's Discus Elite
- Women's Discus
- Women's Hammer Elite
- Isabella Gera
- Katrine Andreassen
- Women's Hammer Elite
- Women Running Events:
- Women's 4x100m Relay
- Women's 200m
- Women's 400m
- Women's 400m Hurdles
- Women's 800m
- Women's 1500m
- Women's 5000m
- Women's 10000m
- Men Field Events:
- Men's High Jump
- Men's Shot Put Elite
- Men's Shot Put
- Men's Discus Elite
- Men's Hammer Elite
- Men Running Events:
- Men's 100m
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